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1 RIVERSIDE, OHIO December 9, 2018 READINGS FOR DECEMBER 15 & 16 Zephaniah 3:14-18a Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:10-18 With heartfelt thanks for your STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE December 1 & 2 $16, November SVDP Donations $5, RETIREMENT FUND FOR THE RELIGIOUS Aging religious need our help! Senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests ministered for years for little to no pay. Their sacrifices now leave their religious communities without adequate retirement savings. Your gift to today s second collection for the Retirement Fund for the Religious helps to provide medications, nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly religious. Thank you for your generosity! If you forgot your envelope, you can turn it in next weekend OR use our Text-to-Give option. NEW FROM FAITH DIRECT: Text-to-Give! Are you a visitor to St. Helen Parish for Mass? Are you a member of the Parish but you forgot your regular or second collection envelope, check, or cash? You can use text to give to contribute to the Retirement Fund for the Religious! To securely make a gift to St. Helen Parish or School or any of our special appeals, you can text a dollar amount to (937) You will be asked to complete a one-time registration page with your billing and contact information. After this registration, you can give any time by texting a dollar amount to our phone number! More information to come! SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION There will be a communal Advent reconciliation service for the parishes of Immaculate Conception, St. Helen, and Ascension on Thursday, December 13, at 7:00 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church. Please join other family members of the Body of Christ in receiving this healing sacrament as a part of your

2 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT UPDATE FROM THE BUILDING & GROUNDS COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCE COMMISSION Last year, Fr. Satish invited the Finance Commission and Building and Grounds Committee to assess the facilities needs of the parish. Much work has gone into this process and one of the priorities was a study to weigh the pros, cons and feasibility of constructing a new, up-to-date Cafeteria/Parish Center for St. Helen s. Please allow us to update you about the most recent developments. We would like to update the parish on the beginnings of an up-to-date school cafeteria/parish center project. After much discussion and thought by many parish groups, the Buildings and Grounds Committee and Finance Commission met jointly in August to address the project. A new cafeteria/parish center has been deemed a top priority for the Parish and School with the premise that such a space would help to more effectively provide breakfast and lunch to our students, as well as an additional space for parish events. As you may know, increased enrollment in our school now demands that students be served breakfast in classrooms, and that lunch breaks take place in compressed time periods. A budget has been agreed upon for the project and a request for proposal has been issued to several companies. Upon receipt of the proposals, we will review to determine their acceptability and project timeline for presentation to Parish Pastoral Council. INFANT JESUS SHOWER The Infant Jesus Shower Committee and St. Vincent DePaul Society would like to thank everyone who participated in any way to the Infant Jesus Shower. Through your generosity 217 children in 81 families were given new toys and clothes this year! May the love and caring you have shown to all of these families help to make your Christmas blessed. It is wonderful to see that the true meaning of Christmas is alive and well at St. Helen. THANK YOU FOR A SUCESSFUL BAZAAR! The PTO would like to thank everyone who helped make the Christmas Bazaar a huge success. We are very grateful for the parishioners, teachers and school families that donated baked goods, handmade crafts, raffle items and volunteered their time on Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday. We also appreciate everyone that came to the bazaar to support the local vendors, visit Santa, shop in the Tyke Shop and eat lunch. So many members of the parish and school families, both those who have been around for many years, and those who are brand new to our school, pitched in to make the event a huge success. You are all a blessing! Thank you. The PTO would like to give an extra thank you to the St. Helen Boy Scouts for helping with tear down and clean up. With the scout s help clean up was quick and efficient. Congratulations to the Raffle Winners Handmade Tables Dan Dawes Baby It s Cold Outside Basket Donna Hilgeford Spa Basket Jen Mamula Carroll High School Basket Barbara Marsh Cardinal Hill Membership Brian Cross Stitch Sampler Chrissy Buschur Christmas Dish Set Kathy Otoski Handmade Tree Skirt Shirley Nelson Amish Basket Elizabeth Dawes Handmade Candle Sconces Amy Comer Handmade Christmas Carvings Meg Schmidt Quilt Kathy Snyder We look forward to working together for the 2019 Christmas Bazaar. Be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, December 7, 2019.

3 RIVERSIDE, OHIO December 9, 2018 Christmas Season Masses and Special Ways to Help Monday morning, December 24, at 8:30: (Note: There is NO 8:15 a.m. Mass on December 24.) We d love to have three people help us set up the poinsettia tree which makes our Christmas environment so beautiful! If climbing up on a 12 ladder does not intimidate you, we need someone to put up the Christmas banners CHRISTMAS MASSES ARE AT 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 24, with special music & carols beginning at 4:20. Midnight, Tuesday, December 25, with special music & carols beginning at 11:25. 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 25, with special music & carols beginning at 8:40. VER We would love to have families or groups of friends at the Mass they attend: Carry in and place the Dedication Candles in the walls as part of the entrance procession. (A brief explanation and walk through beforehand is necessary.) Children old enough to carry a lit candle with a glass globe are welcome to participate; 4 people needed in total.) Dress the altar and carry in and place the altar candles. (5-6 people needed; very short practice ahead of time required.) Bring up the gifts (minimum of 3 people needed; more can participate) PLEASE CALL MARY IN THE PARISH OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ARE ABLE TO HELP! The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, is a holy day of obligation. The Vigil Mass will be on Monday, December 31, at 5:00 p.m., and the Holy Day Mass will be on Tuesday, January 1, at 9 a.m.

4 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 8:00 Michael McClain (John & Margaret Schrand) 10:30 am Stefanie Moran Birthday Remembrance (Family) MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 8:15 am Elaine Santana (Helen O Brien) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 8:15 am In Honor of Paul Tarlano (Anonymous) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 8:15 am Nancy Dunn (Bill & Kathy Phelps) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 8:15 am Linda Willis (Matt & Gail Caffrey) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 8:15 am Regional Mass at Immaculate Conception SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 8:00 am Doris Issenmann (Linda Heckman) 10:30 am Elaine Cotherman (Mary Ellen Pfeil) CALENDAR OF EVENTS MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 Novena-BSC 9:00 am TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Rosary-CH 9:00 am WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Centering Prayer-HR 3:15 pm SVDP Meeting-HR 6:30 pm PPC Christmas Gathering-POB 7:00 pm THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 OBOB Advent Reconciliation Service at Immaculate Conception Parish 7:00 pm FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 Regional Mass at Immaculate Conception 8:15 am SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 5:00 pm Mass-Fr. Satish SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 8:00 am Mass-Fr. Satish 10:30 am Mass-Fr. Satish THE BOOSTER CLUB FISH FRY NEEDS YOUR HELP! The St. Helen Booster Club Fish Fry is looking for any direct seller (Pampered Chef, LuLaRoe, Stampin Up, Matilda Jane, and others to name a few) and/or any small business owners/managers fro our St. Helen families who would be willing to donate items for the Fish Fry to be held on January 26, We are also looking for donations of gift cards and other items you would like to repurpose (in like-new condition) to be used in the silent auction/raffle portion of the Fish Fry. Donations can be dropped of in the parish or school office no later than January 22, Please contact Judy Barker (Silent Auction/Raffle Basket chair) at with any questions. Thank you! Eucharistic Minister Eucharistic Minister Altar Server Lector Saturday, 5:00 PM December 15 Irene Bacher Judy Decker Ben Heil Frank Semmelmayer Nancy Strathearn Grace Randall Abigail Randall William Flaute (1) Daniel Wolodkiewicz (2) Sunday, 8:00 AM December 16 Lynn Howell Brian Lezanic Sarah Seward Walter Seward Todd Tayloe Mary Heider Louie Studler Ronald Beavers (1) Thomas Weese (2) Sunday, 10:30 AM December 16 John Finnegan Mary Finnegan Erin Friel Jan Friel Diana Madden Timothy Madden Kari Madden Nicole Miller Luke Farley William Friel Kai Hary Julie Jefferson (1) Mary Ellen Pfeil (2)

5 RIVERSIDE, OHIO December 9, 2018 DO YOU HAVE AN HOUR OR TWO A WEEK OR AS NEEDED TO HELP WITH OUR SACRISTAN MINISTRY? YOU CHOOSE WHAT WORKS WITH YOUR INTERESTS AND AVAILABILITY TRAINING AND SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED WE REALLY NEED HELP WITH THE FOLLOWING: General care of the church, sacred vessels, and devotional items working with other sacristans to do the following once a week: Light cleaning and dusting of the church on Friday mornings Cleaning and polishing vessels Replacing devotional candles when they have burned down Washing and ironing the communion cloths and hand towels (no ironing necessary for the towels!) Preparing for special liturgy needs Serving as a back-up sacristan to set up for the Mass you attend when regular sacristans are not available? Follow a simple check list; takes 20 to 30 minutes Serving as an additional sacristan for funerals (approximately 2 hours) Follow a simple check list to set up for the funeral Mass Push a button to ring the church toll bells Light the charcoal for the incense used Do a quick clean up afterward Serving as an additional sacristan for weddings Approximately 6-8 weddings per year Rehearse with the bridal party the night before the wedding Set up for the wedding Mass Be available during the Mass and do a quick clean up after Mass (Instruction binder with all details ) FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL MARY FINNEGAN AT

6 SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT IMAGES AND PRAYERS FROM THIS MOST HOLY EXCHANGE From Preface 1 of Advent Used Dec 1 to Dec 16 to remind us of Christ s second coming: For he assumed at his first coming the lowliness of human flesh, and so fulfilled the design you formed long ago, and opened for us the way to eternal salvation, that, when he comes again in glory and majesty and all is at last made manifest, we who watch for that day may inherit the great promise in which now we dare to hope. From Preface 1 of Advent Used Dec 17 to Dec 24 to speak to us of Christ s birth For all the oracles of the prophets foretold him, the Virgin Mother longed for him with love beyond all telling, John the Baptist sang of his coming and proclaimed his presence when he came. It is by his gift that already we rejoice at the mystery of his Nativity, so that he may find us watchful in prayer and exultant in his praise. From the Prayers over the Offerings at the Christmas Mass at night May the oblation of this day s feast be pleasing to you, O Lord, we pray, that through this most holy exchange we may be found in the likeness of Christ, in whom our nature is united in you. All from the Roman Missal, Third Edition

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